Eva Longoria's Border Crisis Comments Come At A Moving Time For Her Family

Eva Longoria has a powerful message for people who support separating families at the U.S./Mexico border. On Thursday, Longoria's comments on the border crisis came in her announcement that she'd just given birth to her first child, and they're a reminder of the human issues that are at the heart of the immigration debate.

"Hello world! I introduce to you Santiago Enrique Bastón. Thank you everyone for showering my baby boy with all your warm wishes! Special thanks to @usahola. In light of my son's birth I wanted to bring focus on the families that have been separated at the border. Having my son next to me, I cannot imagine him being taken from my arms. Families belong together which is why we must do what we can to reunite them. That's why I am supporting @raicestexas and @aclu_nationwide to help fund legal services for separated families (link in bio) #KeepFamiliesTogether"

Longoria's son,Santiago Enrique Bastón, is her first child. And the caption shows that even though she's thrilled to spend some time with her baby, she's also thinking about all of the parents who may have been separated from their children at the border. Longoria ended her post by naming two nonprofit groups, RAICES and the ACLU, that are working to help immigrant families. As the actor mentioned, both groups are helping to fund legal services for immigrants.

Specifically, the new executive order calls for "detaining alien families together where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources," according to CNN. But if a family separation is deemed "appropriate," it could still happen. And as Delmore's story pointed out, the executive order doesn't specifically call for a stop to the family separation policy, which the Trump administration enacted in the first place. And as Bustle previously reported, the executive order doesn't take away the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy about undocumented immigrants.

Longoria said at the time, "I do think there's been so many disenfranchised groups in the past that have not been able to vote ... women being one of those groups, minorities being the other of those groups — when you think of all the people who have fought so hard, who have came before you, who were born before you, who died for the right to vote, it's our obligation to honor all of those people whose shoulders we stand on."

Even if you're not a celebrity, there are plenty of ways you can help the immigrant families who've been detained and/or separated at the border. Donations to these 12 advocacy groups can go a long way, and any contribution will help. Longoria's birth announcement is a reminder that the immigration issue is far from over, despite President Trump's executive order. Immigrant families still need help and compassion, and that's not something that can be solved overnight.